Which airline / which airport to New York?

We went last week! Used Newark.Saw SoL from left of plane on the way in (rt on the way out) really good views of manhattan in general.We flew with united airlines which was fine but felt a bit budgety - no free booze! Immigration was very long but we stopped to go to the loo straight off the plane so were literally the last in the line from our plane.Hth

You should also consider going via Dublin with Aer Lingus. Although you have a change of plane, the major advantage is that you will pre clear customs and immigration at Dublin. Straight thru no queues on arrival

We always fly into JFK with Virgin, but Newark is a nicer airport. We fly with Virgin Atlantic and immigration never takes more than 30 minutes. We are usually one of the first to leave the plane (travelling upper class or premium economy) and don't have to queue long at the airport.

You don't get views of anything flying into JFK, I don't think. We usually fly into Newark and the approach is along the Hudson river, so if you sit on the left-hand side of the plane you get lovely views of the Manhattan skyline as you come in to land. I can't remember if you can see the Statue of Liberty, but if you were sitting by the window you should be able to.

JFK is big and crazy with eight separate terminals. Newark is newer and less busy. It's also closer to the city, but it really depends where you're staying and what time of day you arrive as the traffic can be very heavy during rush hour. If you're downtown then Newark is probably better. Midtown or Upper East Side it would take about the same amount of time by cab.

Definitely go into Newark, whenever I fly here (my closest airport is JFK, but traffic means it takes just as long to get home sometimes!) I fly in.

JFK traffic is bad (already mentioned before) but it is quite nice once inside, and is a lot bigger, but not a nice place to come into when you arrive/travel from after a flight. I would reccomend JFK for a later flight definitely, on the way back.

I liked AA a lot, great service, very friendly, but Virgin (only used once, but recently) was also good. Overall, I'd say Virgin, because I know a lot of people don't have such a good experience as my ones have been and although I had a great time (well, as great as you can on a plane flying for hours and hours) others didn't, so better not to chance it.

My tip: take the morning BA flight out of JFK. Business people dont use it cos it wastes a whole day, so its quieter and and the airport is a rather nicer place to be in. Or if you HAVE to fly home overnight, book the first flight (6pm ish) and hope that its really really full so you get bumped (and compensated!) on to the next flight. There's about 5 flights every evening, and they're all always late so you won't really lose any time

Fly into Newark for less immigration hassle.

No free booze on American (that sways it for me)!

NB I have probably spent as much of my life at Heathrow and JFK as I have at school

Want to go to New York. Flights are coming up pretty much the same price for several airlines. BA, Virgin, Luthanse, American Airlines. Some into JFK airport, some into Newark airport.(We have two dc 7 and 10.)